{"product_id":"labyrinths-by-jorge-luis-borges","title":"Labyrinths by Jorge Luis Borges","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe groundbreaking trans-genre work of Argentinian writer Jorge Luis Borges (1899-1986) has been insinuating itself into the structure, stance, and very breath of world literature for well over half a century. Multi-layered, self-referential, elusive, and allusive writing is now frequently labeled Borgesian. Umberto Eco's international bestseller, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Name of the Rose\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, is, on one level, an elaborate improvisation on Borges' fiction \"The Library,\" which American readers first encountered in the original 1962 New Directions publication of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eLabyrinths\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis new edition of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eLabyrinths\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, the classic representative selection of Borges' writing edited by Donald A. Yates and James E. Irby (in translations by themselves and others), includes the text of the original edition (as augmented in 1964) as well as Irby's biographical and critical essay, a poignant tribute by André Maurois, and a chronology of the author's life. Borges enthusiast William Gibson has contributed a new introduction bringing Borges' influence and importance into the twenty-first century.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe essays are always lucid and probing, and always slightly skewed, vaguely unsettling, again dislocating your sense of reality and truth. Ultimately it is this that always makes me return to Borges, this ability to make the world seem different ...-- \"BBC\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBorges is arguably the great bridge between modernism and post-modernism in world literature.--David Foster Wallace \"The New York Times\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBorges anticipated postmodernism (deconstruction and so on) and picked up credit as founding father of Latin American magical realism.--Colin Waters \"The Washington Times\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJorge Luis Borges\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1890-1982), Argentine poet, critic, and short-story writer, revolutionized modern literature. He was completely blind when appointed the head of Argentina's National Library.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNew Directions Publishing Corporation\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePub Date: \u003cspan\u003eMay 17, 2007\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e0.78\" H x 8.02\" L x 5.28\" W\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e240 pages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003epaperback\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"W.W. Norton","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45005814497466,"sku":"9780811216999","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0444\/2213\/5968\/files\/71L_G7JiOZL._SL1200.jpg?v=1753549935","url":"https:\/\/naturenurture.shop\/products\/labyrinths-by-jorge-luis-borges","provider":"nature+nurture","version":"1.0","type":"link"}